The Navy has figured out a strange way to neutralize deadly mines near the beach: using a satellite-guided bomb that releases thousands of poison darts. Each .50 caliber Venom dart is packing some seriously poisonous stuff called DETA, causing some of the mines to explode and then neutralizing the rest of them with caustic chemicals. Better get out of the way of these babies.

With their special blunt noses, they easily travel through 12 feet of water or 2 feet of sand, and a 60-foot-wide cloud of these darts can be released from 1000 feet up, far out of harm's way if anything should explode. Sounds like the equivalent of sending a pig through a minefield.

We've heard rumblings of the military studying the concept of releasing clouds of nanotech devices to do similar damage or report data back to the mother ship. Anybody have anything to add to that? – Charlie White

Navy's Deadly New Darts [Defense Tech]

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